Children of US Immigration Have Higher Rates of Upward Mobility than those of US-Born Parents, Researchers Say

Children of US Immigration Have Higher Rates of Upward Mobility than those of US-Born Parents, Researchers Say

Children of US immigrants have higher rates of upward mobility than children of US-born parents, research indicates.

In a paper circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers say many immigrants on average earn less than US-born workers, but that their children catch up and out-earn children of UB-born parents.

“Children of immigrants from nearly every sending country have higher rates of upward mobility than the children of the U.S.-born,” say publishers of the paper (Ran Abramitzky of Stanford, Leah Platt Boustan and Elisa Jacome of Princeton University, and Santiago Perez of the University of California at Davis).

The researchers say contrary to the narrative of today’s anti-immigration advocates and politicians, research shows recent immigrants are moving up the economic scale just like those who immigrated to the US a century ago did. “Although some politicians have a short-term perspective on immigrant assimilation, our findings suggest that this view might underestimate the long-run success of immigrants.”

The researchers say their findings are consistent with the idea of the “American Dream,” meaning that even immigrants who arrive in the US with little resources and skills “have a real chance at improving their children’s prospects.”

Comments

There (not verified)     Fri, 11/01/2019 @ 10:42pm

This research is very accurate. Keep working hard the children of immigrants and a-shame those who don’t like you. God loves the alien!

Maxiley (not verified)     Sun, 11/03/2019 @ 02:27pm

The research confirms what many immigrants know.What separates the two immigrant "groups" is the drive to do better than where they come from.Simply put, the scarcity of resources,and opportunities drive the "new" immigrants to excel,where as those born and raise in the USA are used to these opportunities,and resources.They have not known scarcity,loss of freedom.
Even if the two groups instill"equal" good work ethics,and drive to excel in their children,the new immigrants have an extra factor to motivate them FEAR.They know how it is like to be deprived...My two cents.

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